readme update, brave browser workaround for voice

custom_components/openclaw/__init__.py

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ _CARD_PATH = Path(__file__).parent / "www" / _CARD_FILENAME
 # URL at which the card JS is served (registered via register_static_path)
 _CARD_STATIC_URL = f"/openclaw/{_CARD_FILENAME}"
 # Versioned URL used for Lovelace resource registration to avoid stale browser cache
-_CARD_URL = f"{_CARD_STATIC_URL}?v=0.1.23"
+_CARD_URL = f"{_CARD_STATIC_URL}?v=0.1.24"
 
 type OpenClawConfigEntry = ConfigEntry
 

custom_components/openclaw/manifest.json

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   "iot_class": "local_polling",
   "issue_tracker": "https://github.com/techartdev/OpenClawHomeAssistant/issues",
   "requirements": [],
-  "version": "0.1.23",
+  "version": "0.1.24",
   "dependencies": ["conversation"],
   "after_dependencies": ["hassio", "lovelace"]
 }

custom_components/openclaw/www/openclaw-chat-card.js

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * + subscribes to openclaw_message_received events.
  */
 
-const CARD_VERSION = "0.2.3";
+const CARD_VERSION = "0.2.4";
 
 // Max time (ms) to show the thinking indicator before falling back to an error
 const THINKING_TIMEOUT_MS = 120_000;
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ class OpenClawChatCard extends HTMLElement {
       show_timestamps: config.show_timestamps !== false,
       show_voice_button: config.show_voice_button !== false,
       show_clear_button: config.show_clear_button !== false,
+      allow_brave_webspeech: config.allow_brave_webspeech === true,
       session_id: config.session_id || null,
       ...config,
     };
@@ -458,6 +459,13 @@ class OpenClawChatCard extends HTMLElement {
   _startVoiceRecognition() {
     this._voiceBackendBlocked = false;
 
+    if (this._isLikelyBraveBrowser() && !this._config.allow_brave_webspeech) {
+      this._voiceStatus =
+        "Voice input disabled on Brave by default due browser SpeechRecognition network failures. Use Chrome/Edge, or set allow_brave_webspeech: true in card config to force-enable experimental mode.";
+      this._render();
+      return;
+    }
+
     if (!("webkitSpeechRecognition" in window) && !("SpeechRecognition" in window)) {
       console.warn("OpenClaw: Speech recognition not supported in this browser");
       this._voiceStatus = "Speech recognition not supported by this browser.";
@@ -512,8 +520,12 @@ class OpenClawChatCard extends HTMLElement {
     };
 
     this._recognition.onerror = (event) => {
-      console.error("OpenClaw: Speech recognition error:", event.error);
       const err = event?.error || "unknown";
+      if (err === "network") {
+        console.warn("OpenClaw: Speech recognition network error");
+      } else {
+        console.error("OpenClaw: Speech recognition error:", err);
+      }
       if (err === "network") {
         this._voiceNetworkErrorCount += 1;
         const browserLocale = this._normalizeSpeechLanguage(navigator.language || "en-US");